Food rations cut in Central darfur camp as food prices increase

The 30,000 displaced in the Deleig camp in
Central Darfur are living in extremely difficult
circumstances. There is no work, food rations have been
cut for a number of them, and prices are soaring.
A sheikh of Deleig camp told Radio Dabanga that the
situation during the fasting month of Ramadan "has become
desperate".
"Since May, food prices are skyrocketing, and food rations
have been cut. People want to work, but there are no jobs
available at all."
"The price of a pound of sugar went up from SDG3.50 to
SDG4 ($0.70). The price of a bottle of cooking oil has
increased from SDG12 to SDG20 ($3.50). A 100kg sack of
millet used to be SDG250 ($44), now we pay SDG550 ($96)
."
"Prices of meat have risen from SDG18 to SDG35 for beef,
and from SDG20 to SDG35 ($6) for mutton. A pound of
dried okra now costs SDG50 ($8.70), while we used to pay
SDG10 ($1.75)."
The sheikh said that the names of a number of displaced
disappeared from the records of the International
Organization for Migration (IOM) last year. "Since then, they
do not receive food rations anymore. The IOM promised to
solve the problem four months ago, but nothing happened
so far."
Sudan